Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Research Guide

Scope

This research guide includes both print and electronic resources for researching the issues in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility. There are both primary and secondary resources included in this guide. The call numbers on this page link to the library catalog records which provide information about location and availability of each item in the Ross Blakley Law Library.

State Bar of Arizona: Formal Ethics Opinions
This webpage is part of the State Bar of Arizona's website. It provides a searchable database of formal ethics opinions. It is possible to search by keyword, phrase or opinion number. This page provides links to the most recent opinions.
There are links to the ethics rules and related opinions.

Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct
Provided by the State Bar of Arizona, this page lists the Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct. Users can open each rule individually and also read the opinions related to each rule. Each rule is accompanied by comments.

Task Force on Professionalism Report (2005)
This task force was brought together to study the legal profession in the state of Arizona. The task force met in subcommittees beginning in November, 2003 and issued this report in 2005. The task force studied the professionalism of the members of the Arizona bar, looked at the causes of unprofessional conduct and then recommended ways to decrease unprofessional conduct by attorneys.

ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct
This is a leading source on legal ethics and professional conduct. The manual includes Practice Guides on major topics, Model Rules and Standards, Current Reports, and ABA and State Ethics Opinions. The information is searchable by using the Basic Search, Advanced Search or Guided Search capabilities.

The Virtuous Arizona Lawyer: Legal Ethics Beyond the Rules of Professional Conduct
with Michael G. Gaigneault in conjunction with the Arizona State Bar Association.
Law Reserve, KF306.A5 D2 1995

Judicial Conduct and Ethics: A Reference Manual for Arizona Judges
by the State of Arizona Commission on Judicial Arizona Conduct, and the Arizona Supreme Court Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee
Law Reserve, KFA2925.5.D5 J84 1992
Online at Judicial Conduct and Ethics

Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession
by Nathan M. Crystal
Law Treatises, KF306 .C79 2004

Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Other Selected Standards Including California and New York Rules on Professional Responsibility
by Thomas D. Morgan and Ronald D. Rotunda
Law Treatises, KF305.A2 M67 2008

Modern Litigation and Professional Responsibility Handbook: The Limits of Zealous Advocacy
by William H. Fortune, Richard H. Underwood, and Edward J. Imwinkelried
Law Treatises, KF306 .F67 2000 Sup. 2002

ABA Compendium of Professional Responsibility Rules and Standards
Law Treatises, KF305 .A2 2007